Golden Thyme, Ginkgo, Goat
This time we visit three St. Paul coffee houses a little more off the beaten path: one on Selby in Summit-University, one north of Downtown, and one out Snelling Avenue. (Links to all reviews in … ‣ more…
Category Archives: Coffee
Four Coffee Establishments
In this installment we visit a pair of St. Paul coffee houses and a pair in Minneapolis. One of the latter offers baked goods from a literally world-class practitioner. (Links to previous reviews in this … ‣ more…
Trio of Coffees
Working down my growing backlog of coffee shop reviews, here are two in Minneapolis and one in St. Paul. (Links to previous reviews in this series are at the bottom of this post.) And before we get … ‣ more…
Coffee Thrice
It’s past time to make a dent in my backlog of coffee shop reviews. Here are two in South Minneapolis and one on West 7th Ave., St. Paul. Without at first intending it, I see … ‣ more…
Two Openings
Here is a timely report from Black Coffee and Waffle Bar, visited about 2 weeks after its soft opening, and an extremely early look at Grand Central, observed mere hours after its debut. [Note added 2017-12-24] … ‣ more…
Avidly Awaiting
In the spring of 2016, we who live in St. Paul’s Mac-Groveland neighborhood are waiting for all manner of things to open or re-open. Here’s a status update on a few of them. [Note added 2016-08-06] … ‣ more…
Deux Cafés
Today we profile two coffee shops over on the Minneapolis side of the river: Sparrow Cafe in Lynnhurst and Fireroast in Longfellow. These represent two of our favorites among the establishments we have visited so far. … ‣ more…
Three More
We continue our deeper look at coffee shops in St. Paul’s Mac-Groveland, and some farther afield. Herewith reviews of Quixotic Coffee in Highland Park, Groundswell in Hamline Midway, and Sister Sludge in South Minneapolis. (Links … ‣ more…
Third Places
Here begins an occasional series of reviews of coffee shops around the Metro. In this first number: Coffee Bene and the J & S Bean Factory in St. Paul’s Mac-Groveland, and Spyhouse in Northeast Minneapolis. … ‣ more…
Coffee Genesis
It occurred to me that I have been in most of the places where specialty coffee, as we know it in the US today, was introduced and took root. I have been a coffee afficianado (“snob” … ‣ more…